Philips DVDR75 recordings

Discussion in 'DVD Video' started by muffin@labyrinth.net.au, Apr 17, 2005.

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I've a Philips DVDR75 machine. (At least, I do as a rule. It's been
gone for service since before Easter because of a fault in recognising
discs and disc-types inserted into it.)

Strangely, a friend in the US to whom I sent DVD+RW discs (I'm in
Melbourne, Australia), and who has his own Philips DVDRs, reports that
his machines 'can't open' the discs. He has to use another machine, a
DVD-player of a different brand.

Even then, he reports that one disc stopped playing after 65 mins, i.e.,
before the recorded material was finished.

I have always used only DVD+RW discs (since getting my DVD-recorder
about a year ago). My friend in the US tells me that Philips have told
him that DVD+R discs are 'more stable'.

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On Sun, 17 Apr 2005 18:24:46 +1000, wrote:
>I've a Philips DVDR75 machine. (At least, I do as a rule. It's been
>gone for service since before Easter because of a fault in recognising
>discs and disc-types inserted into it.)
>Strangely, a friend in the US to whom I sent DVD+RW discs (I'm in
>Melbourne, Australia), and who has his own Philips DVDRs, reports that
>his machines 'can't open' the discs. He has to use another machine, a
>DVD-player of a different brand.
>Even then, he reports that one disc stopped playing after 65 mins, i.e.,
>before the recorded material was finished.
>I have always used only DVD+RW discs (since getting my DVD-recorder
>about a year ago). My friend in the US tells me that Philips have told
>him that DVD+R discs are 'more stable'.

Although I don't have have a DVD recorder, I've read that they have a
habit of breaking down with a few months of use. My experience with a
computer DVD burner for -RW is that they are not stable. +RW are
usually reliable, but sometimes a burn or erase fails for no obvious
reason. A full erase recovers the disk,but I don't know what caused
the failure. Articles I've read suggest that +/- RW can't be expected
to hold the data for more than 6 months. With some brands of +/- RW,
they seem to cause problems 1 month after the disk was burned.

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